4th Alliance Guards

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4th Alliance Guards RCT
Formed 3049
Disbanded 3081 (destroyed)
Previous Designation(s) 12th FedCom RCT
Nickname Death before Dishonor
Affiliation Federated Commonwealth

(3049 - 3057)

Lyran Alliance
(3057 - 3081)

Parent Command Federated Commonwealth Corps

(3049 - 3057)

Alliance Guards
(3057 - 3081)

Prior to becoming the Fourth Alliance Guards RCT, the unit was originally the Twelfth FedCom RCT, the last of the brigades formed for the Federated Commonwealth Corps. While stationed on Marcus, they defended the world from a Marik-Liao incursion during Operation GUERRERO. When the Lyran Alliance seceded from the Federated Commonwealth in 3057, they were rechristened and integrated into the Lyran Alliance Armed Forces.

History

Formed in 3049, the Twelfth FedCom was stationed on the world of Marcus until the start of Operation GUERRERO in 3057, when the planet was attacked by the Free Worlds League forces in the form of the Seventh Free Worlds Legionnaires, Atrean Dragoons, and the Fifth Marik Militia. After six days of fighting, the RCT staged a suicidal charge in what was later named the Battle of Cabot's Stand.[1] This sacrificial assault bought time for DropShips containing members of the government and industry to escape offworld. The charge was a great success, inflicting crippling damage on the Seventh Free Worlds Legionnaires before the Twelfth FedCom was subsequently surrounded by the Atrean Dragoons and the Fifth Marik Militia and forced to surrender. The RCT remained prisoners for the rest of hostilities, but were treated well for their devotion and willingness to sacrifice themselves for others. After the hostilities ended, the Twelfth FedCom was released into the custody of the Lyran Alliance. [2]

Katherine Steiner-Davion ordered the Federated Commonwealth Corps units in her realm renamed the Alliance Guards after she seceded from the Federated Commonwealth to form the Lyran Alliance. The Twelfth FedCom RCT was thus renamed the Fourth Alliance Guard[3] and moved to garrison the world of Lipton, where they could rebuild. The unit did not reach full strength until just prior to 3067. The Fourth had a variety of 'Mech designs from across the Inner Sphere in its ranks, including a lance of Apollo BattleMechs gifted to them by the Free Worlds League Military.[2]

FedCom Civil War

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Cleanup tagged articles without a reason field During the FedCom Civil War, the 4th Alliance Guard would initially take no part. On January 13th, 3065 the 4th Alliance Guard moved to block the 143rd ComGuard Division who General Gregg, the 4th's commander, thought would use their annual field exercises to declare for the Allies and open a bridgehead for Victor Steiner-Davion's troops. After Precentor Alder Reed stood his troops down, the 4th Alliance Guard also stood down, though tensions remained high. By summer 3065 most of the 4th Alliance Guard would join a taskforce bound for Thorin.[4]

After General Greggs' departure for Thorin, infighting between pro-Free Skye and anti-Free Skye factions began, at first with words, but soon gunfire began. By August 16th the two sides were in open warfare when the 143rd Division would intervene, placing themselves in between the warring factions. Both factions soon returned to their barracks and no further fighting took place, though by late August a large number of the garrison went AWOL or on leave, only later to reappear in Free Skye units.[5]

Leaving Lipton for Thorin, the bulk of the 4th Alliance Guards were ordered to join a taskforce hunting down the Allied Forces commander Victor Steiner-Davion. Joining five other units, the 4th Alliance Guard would make landing on Thorin on August 7th and attacked Ecol City, the planet's defensive hub. Fighting would continue for several months, but the task force found no evidence that Victor Steiner-Davion was onworld. On January 24th, 3066 Victor Steiner-Davion did make landing onworld, but remained only two days, then withdrawing with his forces leaving Thorin in loyalist hands. [6] The bulk of the 4th Alliance Guard would remain on Thorin as that worlds garrison for the rest of the Civil War and beyond. [7]

The Jihad

In 3068 the Fourth landed on Thermopolis and damaged the 5th Fusiliers of Oriente. They then redeployed to Autumn Wind briefly, before being pulled back to a reserve position in the face of the Free Worlds League's counterattack. From this reserve position they fought against several raiding units.[8]

During the closing stages of the Jihad the 4th Alliance Guards were one of the units involved in a campaign to snatch worlds from the disbanded Free Worlds League between August and September 3079. The 4th pushed the 34th Marik Militia off Nockatunga in early September, seizing the planetary capital and primary spaceports in a battle fought along entirely conventional means. The 4th Alliance Guards battle with the 34th Marik Militia on Nockatunga was one of only two during the campaign were LAAF and Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey forces would face each other directly.[9]

Destruction

The Fourth Alliance Guards had the misfortune to be present on Poulsbo on 13 February, 3081 when a task force from the Principality of Regulus, hot on the heels of the Word of Blake's Master, subjected the world to a devastating nuclear bombardment. Despite the fact that the world was unoccupied by Blake forces and transmitting pleas to stop, the Regulans ignored all contact with forces on the planet and proceeded to drop atomic warheads on all major population centers. The Regulans later stated that destroying the entire world was the "only way to be sure" that Word of Blake influence on the world had been removed. The bombardment annihilated the Fourth Alliance Guards, along with the Heart of Blake mercenary unit, and was both a heavy blow to the morale of the Alliance and a source of outrage directed towards the Principality of Regulus, with calls for prompt and bloody retribution.[10][11]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 12th FedCom RCT
Leutnant-General Carl Bert Gregg 3049[2] - 3057[2]
Commanding Officers of the 4th Alliance Guards
Leutnant General Carl Bert Gregg 3057[2] - 3067[12]

Other Officers

Tactics

Just as they did when they were part of the Federated Commonwealth Corps, the Fourth Alliance Guards favor blitzing their enemies with the full strength of their BattleMechs while their infantry and armor elements flank the enemy and strike from the sides.[2]

Composition History

3050

12th FedCom RCT (Regiment/Green/Reliable) [13]

3054

12th FedCom RCT (Regiment/Green/Reliable) [14]

3062

4th Alliance Guards RCT (Regular/Reliable)[2]

  • CO: Leutnant-General Carl Bert Gregg
  • Base: Lipton
4th Alliance Guards (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)[2]
  • CO: Leutnant-General Carl Bert Gregg[2]
  • Aide: Colonel Francesca Klinkhammer[2]
4th Alliance Aerospace Brigade (2 Wings)[2]
  • 1st Alliance Wing
  • 3rd Alliance Wing
4th Alliance Guards Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)[2]
  • CO: Colonel Derek Hyatt
  • Aide: Leutnant-Colonel Ibuki Kobayashi
  • 12th Alliance Guards Heavy Armor Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Antony Cleminson
  • 12th Alliance Guards Light Armor Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Caroline Coates-Brown
  • 13th Alliance Guards Light Armor Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Jasia Reichart
4th Alliance Guards Infantry Brigade (5 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)[2]
  • CO: Colonel Thelma Speroni
  • Aide: Leutnant-Colonel Gerald Morris
  • 23rd Alliance Guards Infantry Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Gueng Goan Kim
  • 24th Alliance Guards Infantry Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Anja Glockel
  • 23rd Alliance Guards Mechanized Infantry Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Michael Hurst
  • 24th Alliance Guards Mechanized Infantry Regiment
  • CO: Colonel James Chalcombe
  • 12th Alliance Guards Jump Infantry Regiment
  • CO: Colonel Angelo Parker

3067

4th Alliance Guards (1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[12]

  • CO: Leutnant-General Carl Bert Gregg
  • Base: Thorin
Note: Advanced IS technology: 35 percent | Omnis: 5 percent [12]
4th Alliance Aerospace Brigade (2 Wings/Regular/Reliable)[12]
Note: Clan technology: 5 percent | Advanced IS technology: 25 percent
4th Alliance Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)[12]
  • CO: Colonel Derek Hyatt
Note: Advanced IS technology: 25 percent
4th Alliance Infantry Brigade (5 Regiments/Regular/Questionable)[12]
  • CO: Colonel Thelma Speroni

3079

In 3079 the unit had lost sixty percent of its combat strength.[8]

Unit Colors and Insignia

  • Despite being renamed and falling under LAAF chain of command, the Fourth Alliance Guard still utilizes the Federated Commonwealth Corps crest as their insignia. In addition, they still wear FedCom style uniforms and rank insignia.
  • The parade colors of the Fourth Alliance Guard is the same as when it was a member of the FedCom Corps: navy blue with gold banding on the arms and legs of 'Mechs, and gold checkerboard patterned highlights on the upper torsos of 'Mechs and turrets of armor units.

Reference

  1. ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 42
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 46, "4th Alliance Guards Unit Profile"
  3. ↑ Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 44, "Alliance Guards bio"
  4. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 131
  5. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 148
  6. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 149
  7. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 46
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Field Report: LAAF, p. 8
  9. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 24-25, "Lyran Aggressors Press Into League Territory"
  10. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 84, "The Defensive Situation"
  11. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 99
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Field Manual: Updates p.177
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 20 Year Update, p. 27
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Objective Raids, p. 19

Bibliography

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